Quotes by Sam Rivers

About Sam Rivers:

Samuel Carthorne Rivers was an American jazz musician and composer. He performed on soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, harmonica and piano.
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I have made that one of my policies never to play anything that I've already put on record.

Sam Rivers

Well I'm a third-generation musician. My Grandfather's a musician and my father and mother were both musicians and so I'm a musician. It was just natural that I should be a musician 'cause I was born into the family.

Sam Rivers

The great musicians are those who can reach people, who can make people feel something.

Sam Rivers

Author Bio

  • NameSam Rivers
  • DescriptionAmerican jazz musician and composer
  • BornSeptember 25, 1923
  • DiedDecember 26, 2011
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionComposer; Saxophonist